A Romanian man charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend in Dublin last year denied that she was under duress when he filmed her in the shower weeks before she died.

The mother of the deceased in a murder trial said she received a threatening call from the accused in the days before the killing.

A 49-year-old Romanian man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend in South Dublin last year.

A Romanian man is to appear in court in Dublin again next week charged with murdering a 35-year-old nurse.